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dot connection

dot connection noun: the act of connecting the dots.

Noun

dot connection (uncountable)

  1. The act of connecting the dots.
    • The Senate bill, which slavishly follows the commission's recommendations, has some sensible ideas; the counterterrorism center for dot connection is one.2004 November 24, William Safire, “Steamroller Out of Steam”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015
    • I still do, and you know, I find an interesting analogy to the attempted Christmas Day bombing, where everyone is saying in the intelligence community we need to connect the dots? In the financial community we need to do so as well, and the Fed is better positioned than anyone else to accomplish...2010 January 11, Andrew Ross Sorkin, quoting H[enry] Rodgin Cohen, “Thain Weighs In on Financial Reform”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    Synonyms:
    dot-connecting

Synonyms of dot connection

Forms of dot connection

alternative formdot-connection

Origin of dot connection

From connect the dots.

Questions about dot connection

What does dot connection mean?
Dot connection means the act of connecting the dots.
What part of speech is dot connection?
Dot connection is a noun.

Words near dot connection in the dictionary

  1. dot bombs
  2. dot cake
  3. dot com
  4. dot coms
  5. dot connecting
  6. dot connection
  7. dot connector
  8. dot connectors
  9. dot crawl
  10. dot dot dot
  11. dot dot dots

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